Chapter 303: The Yellow River Fu (Part 2)

Chakhan Timur gave up Ningling.

Sesame Li carried the power of the great victory, crossed the south road of the Yellow River, and the soldiers approached the city of Suiyang.

Zhao Junyong led his troops eastward and flanked Chakhan Timur and Li Siqi together with Sesame Li.

Guo Zixing and Sun Deya hurriedly led the elite of the department to help in the battle.

The Huai'an Third Army pointed westward, following Zhao Junyong.

The 50,000-strong army of Tokhtar suddenly stopped on the north bank of the Yellow River and was not led.

The turbid water in the lower reaches of the Yellow River suddenly decreased, and the flow was not even comparable to that of the Huai River

It was too clear, and all the facts were put together, and the doubts that had been entrenched in Zhu Chongjiu's mind for days finally showed their true colors, turning into a huge devil and opening his bloody mouth in mid-air, (Note 1)

More than 50,000 Xuzhou red scarves, more than 50,000 Suzhou red scarves, plus 10,000 Haozhou and Dingyuan red scarves, 5,000 Huai'an Third Army, a total of more than 130,000 red turban rebels, gathered near Suiyang, between the old and new rivers, and the thieves such as Chahan Timur and Li Siqi, who had new gunpowder, only needed to send people to blow up a hole in the Yellow River, and in an instant, they could flood the Seventh Army.

Suiyang City is located in the old yellow flood area, the terrain is originally higher than the surroundings, if the two people in the city Chakhan Timur and Li Siqi are fully prepared, they can even rely on the city wall and the original flood control measures in the city to isolate the river water outside the city outline, stand on the enemy tower, and see 130,000 red scarf soldiers all buried in the belly of the fish

Thinking of this, Zhu Chongjiu's eyes were dark for a while, his body shook a few times, and he instinctively held on to the wall with his hand, so that he barely fell down.

Lu Luzeng had already squatted down, and beside him, he muttered like a fool, "Eight years, light, just to control the water for eight years, six hundred miles of embankment, more than two hundred gaps, tens of thousands of people's lives, God, why don't you open your eyes." ”

"Alright, stand up." Zhu Chongjiu pulled Lu Luzeng from the ground, and waved his hand to rebuke the soldiers who tried to step forward to support him, "Let's go, go to the council hall, Hong San, give me a drum to gather generals." ”

"Yes." Xu Hongsan gritted his teeth and agreed, and flew away.

Lu Luzeng's whole person seemed to be drained of his muscles and bones, half leaning on Zhu Chongjiu's shoulder, and continued to mutter, "Impossible, I must have seen it wrong, it must have been me wrong, they, how can they be like this, how can they use such a desperate plan, even if they drown us all, this land of thousands of miles will be deserted again, what good is it for them and for them." ”

"They've never treated us like one of the kind." Zhu Chongjiu swallowed the sweet thing that poured into his throat back into his stomach, and responded with a sneer, "They have never regarded us as people, thousands of miles were destroyed by floods, and next year it will just be used as pasture." ”

"Poof." Lu Lu once opened his mouth, blood spurted out, dyeing his clothes and beard red, but after a mouthful of blood spit out, his eyes quickly became clear, his body moved away from Zhu Chongjiu's shoulder, and while staggering forward, he said loudly: "Yes, they never treated us as human beings, from when Bo Yan killed all the four surnames of "Zhang Wang Li Zhao", the old man should have understood, but it is a pity that the old man still thinks that it is just the evil idea of Bo Yan alone, and the old man actually thinks that Yi Di has entered Huaxia, then Huaxia"

"Since ancient times, slaves and masters have not belonged to the same country." Zhu Chongjiu gritted his red teeth and answered, crossed the old Jinshi, and strode towards the meeting hall in Huai'an City, the Yellow River break is already a sure thing, what he needs to do now is not to condemn the crime with the old Jinshi, but to try his best to save people, save Sesame Li, save Zhao Junyong, save Xu Da, and save all the people who can be saved.

Lu Lu was stunned, his eyes suddenly became as bright as a candle, and he followed closely behind Zhu Chongjiu, and the two of them trotted to the meeting hall, and the drum sound of "Dong Dong Dong" accompanied by people's footsteps suddenly exploded, like thunder, quickly spread throughout Huai'an City, and completely woke up all the people who were immersed in sleep.

When the two of them came to the council hall, most of the high-ranking civil and military officials were already waiting, and like Zhu Chongjiu, they also had a vague premonition that something was not quite right in the recent situation, so no one had the heart to go back to rest, and stayed in the yamen to wait for the latest information to come back from the front, so they rushed over as soon as they heard the sound of drums.

"Governor, the last general asks for orders to kill all the Mongols and Semu people in Huaiyang." Without waiting for Zhu Chongjiu to speak, Hu Dahai took a step forward, knelt down on his knees, and roared with red eyes.

"Lord, the last general is wrong, the last general is willing to lead his soldiers and horses, so he will kill the Yellow River, and kill all the Mengyuan officials on the Yi, Tai, Ji, and Hezhu roads." Wu Liangmou followed and knelt down, his head hit the ground, and his face was bleeding.

During the day, he was still afraid that after the war broke out, his family would be harmed, but at this moment, he would rather take the Menghan Semu officials of the entire Mengyuan Zhongshu Province to hell at the cost of his family.

"The sin of murder and arson will be borne by the end and the future, and the governor will only pretend that he does not know anything." Without waiting for Zhu Chongjiu to respond, Liu Kui, the commander of the Fifth Army, also knelt down, his eyes shining with cold light.

"Governor, blood debt and blood payment, blood debt and blood payment."

"If you are not of my race, your heart will be different, kill, kill them all, so that Tokhtar will know what pain is."

"Kill all the Mongols, kill all the colored people, kill all these inhumane clothed beasts." 6 Successive civil ministers and military generals knelt down, begging with red eyes to retaliate against the enemy.

Zhu Chongjiu turned his gaze to Xu Hongsan, and saw that the eyes of his guard commander were also red, and the palm of his hand pressed on the handle of the knife was jumping wildly, and when he gave an order, he would pull out the steel knife and raise it high.

It was Xu Hongsan who lost his composure, and before he arrived, he told the civil and military personnel the news that Chakhan Timur might have blown up the embankment of the Yellow River, and at this moment, Zhu Chongjiu had no way to ask anyone to stay calm, except for a very few people such as Lu Luzeng in the council hall, the rest of the civil and military officials were almost all born in Xuzhou, Suzhou, and Anfeng, and this artificially created flood was equivalent to directly destroying their homes.

However, this hatred that does not share the sky cannot be vented on the heads of innocents, although at the moment when he judged that the Yellow River had broken through, Zhu Chongjiu's own heart was also full of murderous **.

He has forgiven countless opponents, only a small number of these people have left Huaiyang, most of them have stayed in the local area, become ordinary people, some of them have also opened workshops, shops, and the local people are completely integrated into one, and there is not much difference between them.

From Huai'an, Gaoyou to Yangzhou, the number of such people is probably no less than 100,000, and with the fire of revenge, I am afraid that they will be affected as soon as possible, and the blood will flow like a river.

"Poof." Just when Zhu Chongjiu didn't know how to respond to the generals' requests, Ivanov, the deputy commander of the Second Army, also knelt down and grabbed the ground with his head, "Governor, the last general, the last general has been seriously injured four times and three minor injuries since he followed you, and he has never taken the initiative to take half a step back. ”

Without waiting for anyone to respond, he turned his body to Hu Dahai again, and continued to kowtow vigorously, "General Hu, old Ivan has been fighting side by side with you for more than a year, and I asked myself if I was lazy for a moment, if you want to kill someone, please start with Old Ivan first, and Old Ivan is willing to use this head to ask for the lives of all the people in Huai'an City." ”

"Think twice." Aslan, the deputy commander of the Fifth Army's Musket Brigade, also knelt down, shouldering next to the shoulder of Liu Kui, the commander of the musket brigade, "The last general has forgotten that he is a Mongol since he voted for the governor. ”

Hu Dahai and Liu Kui, the commander of the Fifth Army's Spear Brigade, were immediately stunned and at a loss, especially Liu Kui, on the day he defected to the Huai'an Army, his deputy Aslan was also captured by Zhu Chongjiu, and then he was also forced to join the Huai'an Army, so the two can be said to have enlisted in the army at the same time, and then they fought side by side until now, and they are as close as brothers to each other.

In the midst of the shock, Yu Tonghai, the leader of the guard gang, and several other guards on duty also slowly knelt down, their faces were pale, and they couldn't cry, "Lord, little one, little one."

Their heads were either golden or curly, and their faces clearly had the characteristics of the Western Regions, and they didn't know where they should live if their lords really decided to take revenge.

"I, I don't mean you." Liu Kui suddenly turned his head as if he was frightened, waved his hand again and again, and his body moved back inch by inch unconsciously, he didn't know how to explain his thoughts, so he could only turn his eyes away again, and asked Wu Liangmou, Geng Zaicheng and others for help, and Wu Liangmou and Geng Zaicheng and others didn't expect that the brothers who were fighting side by side around them were actually many of them of different races, and they were about to be retaliated against.

"Get up, stand up for me, in the Huai'an army, when will there be a bow salute." Just when everyone was at a loss, Zhu Chongjiu slammed the table and shouted, "Hu Dahai, Ivan, do you two want to force me to use military law." ”

"The last general, the last general will not dare." Hu Dahai and Old Ivan immediately stood up at the same time, arched their hands and apologized to Zhu Chongjiu, "The last general, the last general just now"

"Stand down." Zhu Chongjiu glared at the two of them fiercely, and then turned his gaze to Wu Liangmou and the others who were hurrying to the station, "And you, stand up for me, step aside, and there will be loud noises, and you will not be spared." ”

"Yes." Wu Liangmou and the others saluted, and retreated to the side, knowing that they were too impulsive just now, and they almost killed the robe next to him.

"And a few of you, step aside." Zhu Chongjiu glanced at Aslan, Yu Tonghai and the others again, and ordered in a deep voice, "Here in Pontus, there is only the difference between oneself and the enemy, and there is no alien race. ”

"Thank you, Lord." Yu Tonghai and the others wiped their sweat and tears, bowed and retreated, and their hearts were full of gratitude to Zhu Chongjiu.

Lao Jinshi Lulu Zeng took the initiative to stand up again, bowed to the back of the handsome case, "Huaiyang three places, whether it is the Mongols, the Semu people or the big cannibals, they are all the people of the governor, of course, they can't retaliate, but Tokhtar instructed Chakhan Timur to blow up the river embankment and kill hundreds of thousands of our soldiers and civilians, and the conscience of heaven is lost, but the governor can no longer repay the mercy."

"Lu Changshi is right, the Mongols and Semu people on our side have nothing to do with Totoku, but they must not be spared!" When the generals heard this, the fire of hatred in their hearts immediately burned again, and they opened their throats and said in a rambling voice.

"Kill, in the future, my Huai'an army will fight with Meng Yuan again, and only kill but not capture."

"Kill, anyone who has anything to do with the Mengyuan court, regardless of the military or civilian, is guilty of unforgivable."

"Smack." Zhu Chongjiu slapped the table case again, interrupting all the hustle and bustle in the council hall, he already had no less than 100 lives on his hands, and he was no longer taboo about killing people, however, the country he wanted to build could not be full of hatred, even Zhu Yuanzhang in another time and space knew that in the Northern Expedition, he declared in a dignified manner: Anyone who abides by the laws of Chinese etiquette, regardless of Mongolia or Semu, is a Chinese people, and he has evolved for more than 600 years, and he cannot even be inferior to the ancients, (Note 2)

"It's a flock of poultry that takes off the collar, but we're not." His eyes swept over the faces of the civil and military officers one by one, and Zhu Chongjiu announced word by word, "Our rebels are here to expel beasts, but we are not turning ourselves into beasts, we can't, we can't turn ourselves into the kind of people we hate the most, in that case, what we do now will have no value." ”

After a pause, he continued, "Pass on my order, from now on, Yangzhou, Gaoyou, and Huai'an, except for the sailors, all ships will rush to Xuzhou to save people, save Li Pingzhang, save Zhao Junyong, save Xu Da, and save all the people who can be saved, no matter what kind of eyes and head he has." ”

Note 1: The excavation of the Yellow River is a fiction, in history, the Yellow River was not excavated, but after he broke through Xuzhou, he will order the slaughter of more than 600,000 soldiers and civilians in the city, and the crime he committed is smaller than not digging the river.

Note 2: Seen in Zhu Yuanzhang's Northern Expedition texts, such as Mongolia and Semu, although they are not of the Chinese race, but between the same heaven and earth, there are people who can know etiquette and righteousness, and are willing to be subjects, and the people of Zhongxia are no different from raising them, in the case of the surging crowd at that time, advocating revenge against the Mongols and the Semu people, Zhu Yuanzhang's essay shows a rare rationality and tolerance, because of this, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, there were still a large number of Mongols and Han people standing under the city of Beijing to resist the invasion of the Jurchens.

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